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Show A PAST(JJtS -Wf t'E.. , A wor.ic ,by the Rev, John 1ve.nn.cdy, : o( Dingwall,, entitled "Tho diiya of the Eathers in Rossshrre," is in. the , press. Speaking of Mr, Eraser, of Alness, the author says: "A, cold, unfeeling, bptd, uuhecdiiig, worldly woman was his wife. Never did her godly Uuibaiid sit down to a comfortable meal in. his own bouse, and often would lie have fainted from sheer want of needful sustenance- but for the considerate kindness of some of his parishioners, parish-ioners, Shu was too insensate to try to hide her treatment of him, and well was it for hire, on' ope ncconnt, that she was. His friends thus kucw of his ill-trcatmcnt, aiul were moVed to-do what they could ; for his comfort. A godly acquaintance arranged with hint to leave a nupply of food fn a certain place, besido Ids usual , walk, of which lio might avail himself wlicn starved at home. .Even light and j fire in his study were denied to him on the long, cold winter evenings; and as his Study" was Ids only place of refuge from the cruel scourge of his. wife's tongue and temper, there, shivering and In this dark, i ho used to -Spend his winter evenings at j home. Compelled to walk -in order to! keep himself warmt and accustomed to do to when preparing for the pulpit, he nl-j ays kept his hands before him'.us feelers' iu tlio dark, to warn him ol his approach- j Ing the wail at' either side of the room. Iu this way he actually wore a hole In tho plaster at each end of hii accustomed beat, on which tome eyes havo looked that glistened with light from other firo than that of love, at the reintmbranco of his cruel life. But the godly husband bad learned to tbauk the Lord for the discipline disci-pline of bis trial Being once at a Presbyterian Pres-byterian dinner,-.alone uroidst a group of Moderates, one of them projiostd as a toast the health ot their wives, and, turning turn-ing to Mr. leaser, Said, as be winked at his companion, 'You, of course, will cordially cor-dially join in drinking to this toast.' 'So I v. til, and so 1 ought,' said Mr. Pruser, '('or lniuo has been a better wifu-to mo than any- une- or your has been to you,' 'How so?' they all c.vjutmcd. 'Shu has 1 scut me, as his reply, 'tevon times a day , to my knees when I would not otherwise . ba'v'u gone, and that is more than any of l.you can say of yours,' t)u tho day on ! which her godlydiutbnnd entered Into his : eUi iinl rest, aud a very few hours after Ms dcath, onte of tho j-lders, wr learning jtho sad tidings, hurried with stricken ' hearts and lu tears tu tlio mmiM. To their horror tbey fonnil Mrs. I'mser out-1 out-1 aide feeding ther poultry. Approacbintf i her1, ono: 6r them said, sobbing as: Jie spoke r-.'So M'rErflscf-has gbiic'ta hlrest; 'Prr,ycV the poor maVdied Mis morning, ,shV said-! aswie" scattered thecorn hinoiig -thofowjss ir yotf-wan't f!6 see tho' body, : youmay go. in-r-ch!ck'j .chick, culcl " ' |
